թիկնապահ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian թիկնապահ (tʻiknapah).

Pronunciation

Noun

թիկնապահ • (tʻiknapah)

  1. bodyguard
    Synonyms: ախռաննիկ (axṙannik) (colloquial), տելախրանիտել (telaxranitel) (colloquial)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

թէկն (tʻēkn) + -ա- (-a-) + պահեմ (pahem)

Noun

թիկնապահ • (tʻiknapah)

  1. bodyguard

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: թիկնապահ (tʻiknapah) (learned)

Further reading

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թիկնապահ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թիկնապահ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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